Internet Facility In the Campus
The Pravara Medical Trust, Loni has accepted the challenge way back in 1984 to reorient medical education and training to suit to the needs of the vast majority of rural community, without diluting the quality of education. In the Process the reaching and research methodologies adopted are community oriented and problem based. These methods demand huge ,up-to-date , Practical information and Knowledge base. This has been done in the network of medical education institutions run by the Trust, while fulfilling all the prescribed norms of conventional Universities and statutory bodies like MCI, DCI etc.
The institutions run by the trust have always been keeping pace with the changes in the latest training methods available in the world. As many as 1500 nstudents and 400 faculty members of the medical institutions (medical college and hospital, dental college and hospital, college of physiotherapy and college of nursing) run by the Trust at any given time, are engaged in learning. teaching and research activities. These activities are being carried out with the utilisation of various Information Technology (IT) Methods.
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NICNET MEDLARS Service From NIC, New Delhi
NICNET is disseminating information from National Library of Medicine (NLM, USA) Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval Systems (MEDLARS) databases to the medical community in India and neighboring counntries. Over 140 medical institutions are accessing NICNET based MEDLARS services throughout the country - Pravara Medical College is one among them. MEDLARS database connectivity has been installed by the National Informatics Center (NIC), New Delhi, MEDILINE
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Internet Connectivity through VSAT
The students and faculty of the organisation have a direct access to the internet services through a wireless network (RF tower) to VSAT installed in Pravara Complex.
The internet connectivity is available to faculty and students in the library on 8 terminals.
The connectivity is being used to search various medical references, medical databases, forvisiting websites of other medical education and medical care institutions within country and abroad.
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Internet Conenctivity at Staff Quarter & Hostels
The internet connectivity through dedicated Leased Line" has been provided to all staff quarter and hostels
The dedicated leased circuit from Pune (180 kms) has been established and staff and from their residence & students from hostels accessing the Internet through Internal Telephone Line, hence without any recurring cost.
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Computerisation of Library
The central library of the organisation is being computerised for easy access of medical databases, books, publications and journals to the students and faculty
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CD-ROM Library
The central library of the organisation is equipped wih MEDLINE D-ROMs (1996 onwards) and other various medical subject wise CD-ROMs for the reference of udnergraduate, postgraduate students and faculty
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